Word from the Dean

The theory goes that when people have what they need, they are more inclined to act in generous ways. I have come to question this premise. A whole raft of anecdotal experiences in my life have taught me that...

I love history. I have a degree in history and have taught U.S., world, and my share of church history. That being said, I have never been particularly fond of retrospectives. While it is valuable and even...

On the rare day when we have nothing on the calendar, my husband, Jim, and I love to set off to explore the countryside of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. This tradition began when our children were small. The...

Hanging high above the heads of worshippers at St. James’s Church on Piccadilly in the center of London are several life vests and a half-inflated raft. There is the faint sound of the ocean. The lighting...

“ … as we Americans grow more and more wealthy, money is a kind of narcotic for us. We hardly notice our own prosperity or the poverty of so many others. The great contradiction is that we have more...

During the Middle Ages throughout Europe, cathedrals sprang up, casting long shadows over cities emerging from the chaos of the so-called Dark Ages. The vastness of their soaring space and artisanal beauty...